The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-22
IMPOSING CELEBRATION OF THE
SEMI I-CENTENNIAL.
Impressive Services at Westminster
Abbey by High Dignitarles.
From President cieseIand-The Irish ceie-
brate Requiem Mass in New York
Charleston Sends Greetings.

LONDON, June 21-The first day of
the fifty-first year of the reign of Queen
Victoria over Great Britain opened with
perfect summer weather in London. A
lovelier day could not have been desired
for the celebration of Her Majesty's
Jubilee. The sun shone bright, the air
was clear and not very warm, and gem
tie breeze blew steadily. The crowds
scattered over the city are unprecedent-
ed in numbers. Thousands of people who
yesterday selected locations along the
route of to-day's procession. in order to
retain them occupied them all night,
and many used camp stools or impro-
vised rests to enable them to Withstand
the long and tiresome occupation. A
dy>.tream of carriages and pedes-
ans poured constantly all night until
wn through the city from all direc-
Ions toward the West End, and at s
O'clock this morning every point
Fof vantage along the streets composing
the royal procession route was
secured. At o o clock the line of the
route was on each side compact mass
of people. Everybody, despite the dis
comfort of the crowding, manifested the
utmost good nature. The scene at West
minister Abbey, was most brilliant, and
every seat was filled and ever person
present was distinguished person.
When their indentities were enumerated
il seemed as if every locality of the world
over hanf sent one or more of its repre-
sentative personages to do honor to Eng
lands Queen ON Britain's greatest holi-
day. There never, probably, in modern
times assembled under one roof an audi
ence so well and so brilliantly arrayed.
Every man present, entitled to wear uni
forms or decoration, had both on new or
FURNISHED up. When this audience was
all seated the scene presented was in
comparable. When the sun shone
brightly through the noble stained win
dows of the Abbey its rays fell upon an
unaccustomed sight and the picture was.
indescribable.
NOISY AUDIENCE.
This audience, banked up as it was in
the church, was anything but sombre.
For awhile when all were seated there
was quiet, but this was only temporary
and lasted only long enough to enable
the people to locate one another. Then
there was q life of recognition and of
gossip and it graduated rapidly into
noisy hum. This was startling
to person who entered sud-
denly, considering the place and
who We're buried there. But
stranger was soon fascinated and him.
self added to what had struck him as a
desecration. Busy and interested as were
the people making this irreverent con-
gregation, some personages entered the
Abbey strong enough to compel general
attention and commendation. When
the. Marquis of Salisbury, the Queens
Prime Minister, entered and proceeded
To the place set apart for him, he was
cheered, and when Mr.. Gladstone was
observed quietly edging his way to his
seat he was also cheered. Such was the
eagerness of those who had assured
places in the audience at Westminster to
be on hand that scores of
lords and ladies repaired to
the edifice at unnecessarily early
hours, and as many of them admitted
without having partaken of any break
fast. 1t was a strange sight to see TASKS
and sandwiches exchanged in such a
crowd and eagerly used by numberless
aristocrats unable to longer withstand
hunger or thirst. This business,
when added to the hum, at
times seemed irreverent. even
ON Jubilee Day in Westminster.
ROUTE OF THE PROCESSION.
The line of procession from Bucking-
ham Palace to- Westminster Abbey was as
follows: From the Palace portals, along
Hill, Piccadilly, Regent
Cockspur street. Northumberland av-
enue, Thames embankment, Bridge
street to the Abbey. The line of route
was kept by nearly 10000 troops repre-
senting all branches of the service, and
in addition 600 boys from the naval
training ships were drawn up at the base
of the Nelson Monument. In addition to-
the military many thousands of police.
both mounted and ON foot.
We're ON duty under the command
of Sir Charles Warren. The military
force was under the command of Gen.
liipps and Col. Stirling. of the Cold
stream Guards. The particular feature
Mt Buckingham Palace was that the two
services Were equally honored. the
Guards lining one side of the roadway
1t buckingham Palace gates. and on the
other side the blue jackets We're posted.
The same services were also represented |
IN like manner at the entrance to West |
minister Abbey.
The first of the royal procession was |
composed of the Indian Princes and a |
few minor German princes. This was
well received by the populace. A few
minutes before IL o'clock the second part
of the procession left. This was COM
posed of some fifteen carriages. the oc-
cupants being the nobility of Denmark,
the King of Belgium, King of Saxony,
King of the Hellenes, Crown Prince of
Austria, Crown Prince of Portugal,
Queen of the Belgians, Crown Prince of |
Greece, Prince George of Greece, Crown
Princess of Austria, and the Grand Duke
of Mecklenburg Strelitz. This party was |
also well received by the people. These